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Theater review by Joe Clark… Paper Mill Playhouse has a resplendent production in Irving Berlin's White Christmas.  Ascendant dancing, expert comic timing, and classic Irving Berlin …
This brilliant version of Shakespeare's classic will shock and shake
you to the core.
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Theater Pizzazz's Meredith Heyman in interview with Alexandra Silber, currently playing Portia in The Merchant of Venice.
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Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 39th Edition. Shauna Vey. Childhood and Nineteenth-Century…
Actress and singer Margaret Curry is a Bistro Award-winning cabaret performer. This reviewer saw her perform at the most recent Bistro Awards, and welcomed an opportunity to catch an encore …
Theater Pizzazz's own Ron Fassler's new book The Show Goes On: Broadway Hirings, Firings and Replacements is available now from STCK Books. A must-have for every theatre lover's library, …
The timing of Sunday being World AIDS Day made for a welcome excuse to bring Ann Talman's one-person cabaret show "Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile" to Don't Tell …
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . When an audience explodes in a spontaneous standing ovation at the end of a show, it's a pretty good indication that the show is a hit. That's exact…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 38th Edition. Ken Bloom. Show & Tell: The New Book of …
A play examining the horrific toll wrought by America's cavalier obsession with guns is a worthy idea. But Michelle Kholos Brooks' docu-drama "Room 1214," set in a classroom where two teens …
Music Review by Ron Fassler . . . Having seen many solo concerts at the 92NY, I was somewhat taken aback when Heather Headley confidently strolled out to start her show Sunday afternoon w…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Three-time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin, veteran of ten Broadway shows and numerous off-Broadway and regional productions, made his New York City cabare…
Theater review by Marilyn Lester… Take a wacky 1992 black comedy fantasy film destined to become a modern cult favorite, zhuzh it up to an over-the-top Las Vegas showroom extravaganza and …
Cabaret Review by Andrew Poretz . . . The Brick Room at Don't Tell Mama was entirely sold out for Juliet Ewing's second encore performance of her George Gershwin show, Rise Up Singing " The …
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 37th Edition. Richard Nelson. A Diary of War & Theatre…
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti… Characterizing Swept Away as a jukebox musical may identify its genre, but it says little about the show's incredible impact as a metaphoric, overarching…
Joy Behar is taking the plunge as a playwright with MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND, a new Off-Broadway comedy that will begin previews on January 29, 2025 and open February 6 at the newly renovated MMA…
Theater review by Stuart Miller… Dominic Weintraub was struggling to take off his underwear… without removing the bathing suit he had just donned… while walking backwards on a treadmil…
In The Blood Quilt, he stitching women of past generations remind us of the vital importance of ritual and tradition
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Interview with Ron Fassler Jennifer Ashley Tepper is not only a knowledgeable theatre historian, Broadway producer, and director of programming at the 54 Below supper club, but also one of t…
Video by Magda Katz… Here's a sneak peek of the cast and performance of the "The Merchant of Venice", currently playing at the Arlekin Players Theater, NYC. https://www.merchantofvenicepla…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . The delightful Elf is a 2010 Broadway musical based faithfully on the 2003 film comedy of the same name. A perfect Will Farrell vehicle, Elf t…
It's always exciting to find new talent. It's especially rewarding to discover a young singer who is keeping jazz and the Great American Songbook alive. June Cavlan, in her early twenties, p…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . If you haven't heard by now, Maybe Happy Ending, a new meet-cute musical with two robots as its leading characters has just opened to excellent reviews…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 36th Edition. Andrew Norlen (editor) and Matthew Murphy (p…
